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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

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STERIS plc

70 SIR JOHN ROGERSON’S QUAY

DUBLIN 2, IRELAND

(COMPANY NUMBER 595593)

 

 

 

 

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Meeting Information

 
 

 

Meeting Type:          Annual General Meeting

 
 

 

For holders as of:     May 29, 2020

 
 

 

Date: July 28, 2020  Time: 10:00 A.M. Eastern Time

 
 

 

Location:

 

 

5960 Heisley Road, Mentor, Ohio 44060, U.S.A., and live via the Internet-please visit www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/STE2020.

 
  The company will be hosting the meeting at 5960 Heisley Road, Mentor, Ohio 44060, U.S.A., and live via the Internet. To attend the meeting via Internet please visit www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/STE2020 and be sure to have the information that is printed in the box marked by the arrow LOGO (located on the following page).  
         
     

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    Voting Items       
 

 

The Board of Directors recommends you vote “For” for all of the following proposals (all proposals are ordinary resolutions):

     
 

 

1.

 

 

Re-election of Directors

   

3.      To appoint Ernst & Young Chartered Accountants as the Company’s Irish statutory auditor under the Act to hold office until the conclusion of the Company’s next Annual General Meeting.

 

4.      To authorize the Directors of the Company or the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of Ernst & Young Chartered Accountants as the Company’s Irish statutory auditor.

 

5.      To approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed pursuant to the disclosure rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis and the tabular and narrative disclosure contained in the Company’s proxy statement dated June 12, 2020.

 

6.      To transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.

 

 
   

 

Nominees:

 

     
    1a.  

Richard C. Breeden

 

 
    1b.  

Cynthia L. Feldmann

 

 
   

1c.

 

 

Dr. Jacqueline B. Kosecoff

 

 
   

1d.

 

 

David B. Lewis

 

 
   

1e.

 

 

Walter M Rosebrough, Jr.

 

 
   

1f.

 

 

Dr. Nirav R. Shah

 

 
   

1g.

 

 

Dr. Mohsen M. Sohi

 

 
   

1h.

 

 

Dr. Richard M. Steeves

 

 
 

 

 

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To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending March 31, 2021.

 

   
       

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